The rapper reflects on how she and her husband handled their son’s infancy together as a team.

In a rare, intimate interview for Vogue’s December issue cover story, Nicki Minaj opens up about her marriage to her high school flame, Kenneth Petty, and how they tackled their journey into parenthood.

Minaj, born Onika Tanya Maraj, married Petty in October 2019, and welcomed their first child nearly a year later. They publicly refer to their 3-year-old son as Papa Bear, never revealing his real name.

“When I was little, I always imagined princess and marriage and the wedding and now it’s more to me about the life, the future, the love, the partnership, than the wedding,”

Minaj told ET in 2019. “[It’s] so strange ’cause I didn’t expect myself to be one of those people who didn’t care about the hoopla, but I really don’t.”

In June 2020, she talked about their marriage during her appearance on Lil Wayne’s Apple Music series, Young Money Radio.

“I didn’t think it would be as refreshing and calming as it is,” she said. “Even if you’re not married, when you have someone that feels like your soul mate or someone who understands you, it just makes you feel like you’re on top of the world.”

Minaj has often defended her husband and marriage against criticism since it was discovered that Petty is a registered sex offender. Petty’s sex offender registration is a result of a 1994 incident where a 16-year-old girl reported that Petty raped her at knifepoint.

Petty, who was also 16 at the time, was charged with first-degree rape. He initially denied the accusations, before pleading guilty to attempted rape. He served more than four years in prison and was ordered to register as a sex offender.

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